http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/4270/0 en http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/art-behind-bars/7379 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Female prisoners find their voice in first-of-its-kind art project and exhibit </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/IMG_3336.jpg" alt="" title="Visitors to the exhibit must navigate the prison-like halls of the Eastern Bloc Gallery (Natascia Lypny photo)." width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/IMG_3342.jpg" alt="" title="A series of graphic posters address themes of self-identity, motherhood and the passage of time (Natascia Lypny photo)." width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Prison: a place whose very name incites a chill at the thought of being behind bars. But what if the conditions of incarceration could be understood without a criminal record?&nbsp;<a href="http://www.expoagir.com/en_index.html" rel="nofollow">Agir: art des femmes en prison</a> allows that very experiencing of the haunting realities of female incarceration in a unique multi-media exhibit.</p> <p><a href="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/art-behind-bars/7379" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/art-behind-bars/7379#comments Natascia L Arts Police/Prisons art art therapy exhibit Montreal prison reintegration Tue, 31 May 2011 02:41:46 +0000 Natascia Lypny 7379 at http://montreal.mediacoop.ca